A Man Of Honor
It has almost been a year since I first read about Major Andrew Olmsted. He had gained some notoriety by blogging about his experiences in Iraq and came under fire from his superiors. I had been my understand that they worried about him violating the Department of Defense policies regarding political activities by members of the armed forces on active duty. Though he stopped writing for his blog, he began journaling for the Rocky Mountain News as well as occasional DoD approved entries at his friend’s site, obsidianwings.blogs.com.
While I knew of Major Olmsted only through his writings, I was taken aback yesterday when I learned that he died from an enemy ambush while on patrol in Iraq. This constant threat of danger must have been on his mind. For in July, he had given a post to his co-blogging friend that was to be published only in the event of his demise. So with a very heavy heart, I’m linking to Andrew’s final entry to the world. I wanted to share his sometimes sad, sometimes funny entry in honor of this dedicated soldier and in memory of a good man who wasn’t afraid to act on his beliefs.
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